Lyudmila Alexeyeva

Lyudmila Alexeyeva

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  Russian opposition leader's trial adjourned

  The embezzlement trial of a Russian opposition leader was adjourned for a week shortly after it started Wednesday in a northwestern city besieged by ... 

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  Record 259 nominations for 2013 Nobel Peace Prize

  A record 259 nominations have been received for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, with candidates including a Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban and a U. 

• Russian dissident commits suicide in Netherlands

  A Russian man who had sought political asylum in the Netherlands committed suicide while awaiting deportation to his homeland, Dutch authorities said ... 

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  Russia gives initial OK to American adoption ban

  Russia's parliament on Wednesday gave overwhelming preliminary approval to a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children, a harsh ... 

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  Russian opera diva Vishnevskaya dies at 86

  World-renowned Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya, who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn ... 

• Russian rights activists to boycott law on NGOs

  Leading Russian activists pledged on Monday to boycott a new law that they warn will help the Kremlin stifle critics with a draconian mixture of ...